Naughty Bear Walkthrough & Strategy Guide

Knowing the basics gets you off on the right foot and all, but this section is designed to arm you with general tips and better strategies that may have normally eluded you. These can also be applied to general gameplay, and be tweaked accordingly for specific challenges.

We'll go over more specific tactics for special challenges in the next section.

1

Obtain a Freeze Capsule Pickup.

This may be a bit of common sense, but when your multiplier is high (around at least 75), pick up the Capsule to freeze the multiplier number in place. The number doesn't go down, but it can still go up for a limited time. This is especially useful when there's a small lull in your naughtiness. Also, you keep the multiplier when you move onto the next area.

2

The more bears to witness your naughtiness, the better.

This is perhaps the golden rule of Naughty Bear. Sure, you can be the naughtiest of naughty, but if no one is there to affirm your villainy, then you're really just a grouchy bear with bad intentions. So, always remember: prove your naughtiness to all! Try (temporarily) showing mercy to wounded and insane bears, and parade them around the Island to weaken the enemy bears' morale. Or, drive a bear insane in front of all the other bears in, say, a barricaded room and top it off with assisted suicide. Anything with a sizable number of spectators surely will award you with more points.

TIP : : Fire gunshots near a barricaded room full of bears for extra points.

3

Make use of traps.

Well-placed traps make the difference between the tiers of Cups. These traps are really good for injuring bears and also for broadcasting their misery to the other bears as a warning. We suggest placing these next to sabotaged items or heavily traveled paths. Even placing them amid a barricaded room full of cooped up bears has a profound effect on their psyche.

TIP : : Plant a trap near woods and near a fairly populated area. Once you've caught a bear in your trap, wait for help to release him and disrupt the process by scaring the helping bear. Retreat into the woods and wait for another bear to come along. Keep repeating this to gather up as many bears going on the verge of insanity as possible.

4

Sabotage, sabotage, sabotage.

Every interact-able object in the environment gives you the option to either sabotage or destroy it. You pretty much never want to destroy the object (unless it's a window or something). The reason is that a sabotaged object almost always gets noticed by passing bears and prompts them to start fixing it. This opens the opportunity for nice scoring, object kills, among other point-gathering tactics.

5

Do not sabotage the cars or boats.

Contrary to our earlier advice, you actually gain far more points foiling a fleeing bear's attempt at escape either with a Super Scare or a kill.

6

Make bears insane.

Doing so gives a lot of points. Some bears have a higher insane threshold than others, but eventually every bear goes insane.

7

Costumes really help.

The right costume contributes majorly to the overall ease of completing certain challenges. In most cases, select a costume that allows you to blend in with the bears and roam freely without raising suspicion or alarm. Our personal favorite is the ninja costume that grants us super silent and fast running, in addition to the ability to hide Naughty Bear's true identity.

8

If all else fails, retreat back into the woods.

Other bears, except special kinds of bears, will immediately lose track of you once you've entered the grassy areas. The aforementioned special bears, however, will chase you to the ends of the earth.

9

For more points, let help come.

Although it goes against survival instincts, let the bears call for help. Doing this brings in more bears to the Island and, thus, more chances for points.

10

For even more points, sabotage then destroy.

Once you've purged the level clean of anything living, sabotage the rest of the items and destroy them for even more points. These help bit by bit toward attaining gold or platinum status.

11

Armed bears are less of a sissy.

These guys usually take a bit more mental or physical abuse before they break. They usually also carry ranged weapons as well. Whack them once or twice to force them back and momentarily stop their shooting. In general these armed bears respond similarly like the other bears.

12

Know your bears.

As you play through the levels, you come to discover a larger variety of bears that rove through Perfection Island. Here's a breakdown of the types of bears you will encounter:

Ninja bearsQuick, silent, and can follow you in the woods.

Army bearsArmed with ranged weapons.

Zombie bearsImmune to Super Scares and can follow you in the woods.

B.E.A.R.S.They appear to be able to see and follow you in the woods, but it doesn't always seem to be the case.

Robot bearsImmune to Super Scares.

Alien bearsArmed with Ray Gun.

Top Hat bearsBears on steroids. These bears tote heavy artillery and are much harder to take down.

13

Collect all the bonus items for bonus points.

You may want to take the extra time to collect the special bonus items of each level and destroy them in the campfire or barbecue pit for extra points. Especially if your goal is to attain the elusive platinum Cup, any chunk of change helps.